...reluctance to engage militarily is beyond the mere politics of justifying American casualties, but points to broader considerations of U.S power projection in the region in the aftermath of the failure of the Obama administration...
Black Sea exercise comes a mere day after Trump said, "Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal, and fast...Under construction are many hypersonic missiles."
"Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad..."